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Update September 2015: All three apps require their latest version to be able to work with the security requirements of the new server software deployed October 13, 2015. Older versions will all be broken, and there is no workaround. Android versions before 1.5.0, released in June, 2015, iOS versions before 5.0 (October, 2015), and Windows Phone versions before 1.3.0.0 (October, 2015) are all completely nonfunctional after October 13, 2015. There is no workaround.

We have apps for iPhone/iPad, Android, and Windows Phone, so members who use devices like those have another way to access our community.

Android: Search for "Warmshowers" in the Google Play store or follow this link. Note that Google Play Services is required though, so you might as well get it from Google Play. Visit the Android App Help Page.

On the Website, the map shows two colors of pins - blue and red. The red pins are individual members. The blue pins indicate there are too many members in that area to show separate red pins at the current map resolution.

When you zoom in on the map the blue pins will eventually become discrete red pins.

Hello,
I am still using Nokia phone, and would like to use Warmshovers.org on this phone too. Do you know something about? Are there any plans for Symbian or I will have to change my phone? Please advise.

Thank you, now it is clear. Of course I could use Warmshowers straight, without any application but it would be painful and very costly. So I need to buy new smartphone, with iOS or Android on board.
Thanks a lot!

I'm using the iPhone app and it works very well to search for hosts, however, there does not appear to be an option to 'send message' to a potential host. The first time I used it I phoned the host and although she was fine with a call she would have preferred an email. So now I've learned to search using the app then I open WS website via my browser and lookup the host and use the 'send message' option there. Could you include an option to email a host directly from the app? That would be great.

&gt; I have an iphone 3gs which can't be upgraded beyond ios6. Is there still a version of warmshowers for iphone that runs on ios6?

Hi Terri,

What happens when you try to install it from the app store from your iPhone? Sometime ago Apple started offering app versioning, which meant older versions of the app would remain available for those with older versions of iOS. I believe this was done before the latest release of the warmshowers app (which is for iOS 7 only).

I know this post is over a year old, but there is a workaround to download apps that have versioning. You have to download the app on your computer in the iTunes App Store, using the same Apple ID on your phone. Next, when you try to download the app on your iPhone, if your iOS version is not compatible with the current version of the app, it will ask if you want to download the last compatible version of the app instead. I have done this with many apps.

I can't find the warmshowers app at F-Droid. This is not a drama because I will find a workarround for that. But it would be a nice feature for the android app to be listed there. An alternative, of course would be a link to a direct download. If you could handle that, it would be nice!

I fixed the android app direct download link, but I don't think I'll maintain this in the future. Since we require Google Play Services, does it make any sense to maintain a separate download location? It seems that everybody needs Google Play anyway. Let me know if that's wrong.